In a message dated 9/9/2004 6:09:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, steve_at_brown-web.net writes: > IMO the wide acceptance of the 45 degree (some > 30 now) WW paddle is tacit acknowledgement that it doesn't help at all in > that environment. Producing one with no feather, however, would present a > major marketing problem, since all these paddlers have been pre-conditioned > to believe that feathering is a must. > So all the Olympians, international and national slalom champs, flatwater K1 racers, surfing worlds champs, their trainers, etc., are in a make believe cult world and have been fooling themselves for years? Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 09 2004 - 08:42:09 PDT
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